Powers and Abilities
The Ebony Blade was an extremely powerful enchanted weapon. It was said to be indestructible, and nothing in the comics to date has disproven that statement. It also had many mystical or quasi-mystical capabilities, including the ability to:
- cut through virtually any physical substance except other enchanted weapons or extremely strong metals like adamantium, even to the point that it has been shown capable of breaking through Iron Man's Extremis armor with one slash
- cut through mystical barriers
- deflect energy when angled correctly
- absorb all forms of energy, even the Promethean Flame
Surprisingly, Dane Whitman discovered most of these abilities through scientific testing of the Blade.
Additionally, the Blade bonded to its wielder in such a way that the wielder could summon it back to himself or herself using a mystical ceremony if it were ever lost, even if it was in a different time period.
The Blade formerly rendered its wielder invulnerable to everything except another weapon carved from the same meteor, such as the Ebony Dagger.
Other notable wielders of the Blade include Whitman's ancestors Sir Percy of Scandia and Eobar Garrington, Valkyrie, and Marvel's version of Ares.
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